Texas Lawmakers Want Clemency for Father Condemned to Death over “Junk Science” Conviction
Texas lawmakers are urging authorities grant clemency to death row prisoner Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 for ...
US executes 5 men in 6 days. Texas leads death penalty numbers with over 580 since 1980s
Owens' execution will be followed by two double executions on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, Texas executed ...
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Editorial: Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice
When we kill the guilty, we become needlessly cruel. When we kill the conceivably innocent, we become a mockery of ourselves ...
One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric
The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press spent 24 hours in five cities on Texas’ border with Mexico to measure the impact of a dramatic drop in migrant crossings ...
Opinion: Texas may execute a man based on flawed science. Will Abbott intervene?
Robert Roberson's appeal is based on evidence that doctors misdiagnosed the cause of death and doubts on whether shaken baby ...
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Their View: Executions of the conceivably innocent are reprehensible
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...
The US executing 5 men in 6 days. A look at the state of the death penalty
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...